is it transgendered or transgender.s it-- how do you begin educating people and saying hey, i under stand-- how do we begin that conversation? >> google. it's fascinatek am you can find any kind of information on google. but honestly-- . >> trevor: as a person, how does that make you feel. if somebody says to you, what are the dost and don'tst, the simple things, you go hey, this is not the right thing to do. just on a personal level. >> it is really trial and úrror. i think it's when you learn and realize you're talking to another person and you realize maybe this is not the right question to ask. if you are actually asking yourself, well, this may be offensive, then are you already starting out on the wrong foot. so really it's a thing where we in the transcommunity, we understand intention now more than we understand the words and other things. and there is a lot of energy that goes behind certain people's words and can i feel that hatred, i can feel that energy. but when somebody is fumbling across and don't know wh

removing female breasts, reeves, a transgender man, was born with. his nerves kick in. >> it's getting real. >> people come in in their >> yeah. >> reporter: this is a day he's dreamed about. but he says it was almost unimaginable when he was growing up in north carolina. >> in north carolina, i definitely wasn't safe to transition. it was terrifying. like the consequences i'd have to face. >> no hate in my state! >> reporter: his home state has become the latest battleground for transgender and lgbt rights. last month house bill 2, the so-called bathroom bill, was signed into law. >> these rules are in place so we can be safe! >> reporter: requiring transgender people to use public bathrooms matching their birth certificates, the governor saying it's meant to protect girls in bathrooms. >> it's basic common sense. it's etiquette of privacy that we've had for decades. >> reporter: the law sparking outrage and even prompting corporations to boycott. led by celebrities like rock legend bruce springsteen who cancelled a sold-out concert in north carolin

thousands of transgender children in the u.s.sn't have access to a clinic like genesis or supportive parents. >> i'm glad because i get so much support but they don't much and it kind of makes me sad. before i thought oh probably everybody gets this treatment but i later on realized that not everybody is accepted. >> when you're raising a transgender child you almost have to be constantly on guard as to how she's feeling? is she feeling okay now? and as she's growing, hormones change, has she ever thought about committing suicide? i think that's right now that's our wiggest fear. >> if i didn't say anything, nothing would have happened. would i have been a grumpy little girl who grew up and probably would have killed herself one day. instead i asked for something, my parents dealt with that and now i'm a happy little boy who's never going to go through that and i've just opened my eyes a little bit and everything's better. >> genesis also offers support groups providing many patients their first opportunity to meet other transgen

of the transgender project is to introduce americans to who we are. we will work to separate the facts from the fiction because we know when americans have the facts and they know who we are, they will be fair. >> in my 11 years here, working in the san francisco bay area, it seems like it has always been same-sex marriage. so would you say the fight over transgender rights in some way have taken the place of same- sex marriage kind of as the top issue for the lgtb community? >> it has taken the baton and part of the reason is that the fame forces that were opposed to marriage equal are opposed to any equal and found the newest thing to push to not only stop progress but to try to roll back laws and protections that have been in place for many years and the movement will focus on what they're pushing out in order to continue to be able to move forward. we believe that americans believe in fairness and they came to support marriage equal. when they support people like me they will support transgender equality and that is what it is about. >> i admire s

you may recognize that name because she is a somewhat famous transgender activist. she is retired u.s. navy s.e.a.l. she is currently running for congress as a democrat and joins me now on the telephone. thanks for joining us at this last moment with this breaking news. i guess i need to ask your reaction to donald trump and what he said on the "today" show effectively supporting what transgender people have said that they should be allowed to go into the bathroom corresponding with the sex that they identify with. is donald trump now sort of a new found hero for you? i know i'm asking as a democrat. >> here is the thing about donald trump, it is well and nice that he invited caitlyn jenner to use the bathroom but caitlyn is a millionaire and so it's like thanks for inviting a beautiful transgender person to use the bathroom. there are 8,000 homeless people who are lgbt in new york city alone. probably half are transgender. how about inviting some of us in? how about inviting me. i'm kind of a tom boy. i don't have all of that to put into making myself look like a b

>>> now at 11:00, the ripple effect of today's major ruling on transgender student rights in our schools. what it could mean for our region and for the intense debate in north carolina. >>> federal investigators on the ground in maryland to figure out just before landing at the bay bridge airport. >>> donald trump and hillary clinton take another big step toward their party's nominations tonight before presidential politics come to maryland. >>> news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >>> a big victory for transgender student in virginia. a federal appeals court said he can use the boy's restroom even though he was born female. >> the impact is having an impact far beyond the one district. >> reporter: we have reaction from people here in northern virginia who have been following this case very closely. >> i'm an educator and know no child can learn in an environment where they feel physically uncomfortable or threatened. i don't think also thatten students can learn when their bladders are full an >> reporter: the case of 16-year-old transgender student gavin glim sued for discrimination for not al

. ♪ >> i passed a resolution on monday evening allowing transgender students to use both bathroom andocker rooms of the gender they identify with. >> it made me realize how much support we have. >> penis showing and the girl and her bra and panties. >> nj transit has quietly been installing this audio six recording system. >> this should be able to do that. >> what do you do? >> i don't like this. i don't like this at all. >> i think i was on tender. >> eharmony. >> all of them. >> practice of chinese facial reading. >> i want something with a strong brow. >> they are the best. bill: you are chasing a story, controversy brewing. the valley which is in bergen county over a transgender bathroom. >> passed a resolution on monday evening allowing transgender students to use both bathroom and locker rooms of the gender they identify with. let me just tell you, it got a little bit heated. >> also funny moments. >> people who think. [laughter] [applause] >> people that were not very happy about this. the freshman and a transgender student. >> it made me realize how much support we really do

, fight for the rights ofea transgender students. >> the policy was expected to pass with ease. this with superintendent before the vote. >> yessefor ilypearrants the rights that every other student has with our school district. >> but opponents turned out in force. >> it looks like a slam dunk. >> some citing hery jous concerns. others worrying it would students who aren't transgender. >> she doesn't want to have to think about having boys in her locker room with her. >> hintding that this debate is far from over saying that he expects lawsuits to be filed against the district. >>> well, somebody purchased a powerball ticket in new jersey is a millionaire. no one hit the powerball jackpot but a ticket was sold at 7-11, but not the winning powerball. the winning numbers, the power ball was 9. again, jackpot for wednesday night's drawing will be 1 # $4 million. >>> a pun-two punch in parts of texas dealing with a second day. the ground looks like it's ball sized hail. drivers took cover. and the same system brought severe weather and tornados to oklahoma and arkansas today. >> we

meanwhile, skylar came out as transgender on facebook.sted on instagram that he had so-called top surgery. a double mastectomy to remove the breasts he hadn't wanted. the whole situation started to worry coach marosky. i think stephanie was the first to realize that skylar's plan of being a woman in the water but a man outside was going to be totally detrimental to her psyche. >> when you enroll in college it is an opportunity to start over again. >> reporter: reinvent yourself. >> you can reinvent yourself. and i was -- struggling watching skylar, because he wanted to reinvent himself as skylar as a male, but was being held back by the athletic piece of it. >> reporter: she discuss herd concerns with her friend and colleague, harvard men's swim coach kevin turrell. >> kevin kind of looked at me and said, i don't, i agree with you. i don't think that you can have a dual identity. why doesn't he swim for my team? >> see the full report on our website cbsnews.com. the overnight news will be right back. efghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 67890 cbs capti

this follows the national debate on transgender issues.this policy is not a don't ask. it's someone in the school that feels as if the student is taken advantage of the policy they might be asked to prove that they are transgender. the bottom line is that this is not for a boy that wants to sneak in the girls bathroom. this is proof that it's a life change that you are committed to. there is that aspect. how to improve that that remains to be seen.that's the latest from hillsdale. >> if a young boy starts to act and dress like a girl like it's showing a commitment . you see the other side as well. >> you know how difficult it can be at that age. >> teresa, 5:37 am. you decide the candidate continues. it ahead of next week's primary. >> robert moses is live in midtown with the story. >> it's new at the time centered. it gets underway around 930 this morning. she and the other candidates are hoping all the mileage in the hanley shakes translate into votes and delegates. >> she will be in midtown for a pay equity between men and women. she popped up all over new york yeste

. >> do you have any transgender people working in your organization? >> i don't know. >> no? >> i really don't know. >> if caitlyn jenner were to walk into trump tower and wanted to use the bathroom, you would be fine with her using any bathroom she chooses? >> that is correct. >> different issue -- >> you know, there's a big move to create new bathrooms. problem with that is for transgender, that would be -- first of all, i think that would be discriminatory in a certain way. that would be unbelievably

and their opinion matters to me. >> reporter: she's transgender. tens of thousands of transgenders in north carolina effected by the public facilities privacy and securities act, a new state law that requires trans people to use the public restroom related to the gender on the birth certificate, not how they identify. >> this law effects us, it puts us in danger, it is open discrimination. it is no different than the jim crow laws of the south. >> you look cute. >> at home, candace and her husband say now she will be required to use the men's room, they worry she will be physically assaulted or worse. >> i would say most of the attention is because people don't understand what the bill actually does. >> reporter: the statehouse pro tem is one of the sponsors. he says the law is not about limiting protections of the lgbt community but however not giving them special rights. >> we have lots of accommodations in the bill for those in special circumstances, but we're trying to protect reasonable expectations of privacy of 99.9% of our citizens who thin

the other day we heard him talking about whether the transgender bathroom bill should be upheld downrth carolina. and donald trump said he disagreed, that anybody could use the bathroom that they feel appropriate using. also when it came to abortion, he said he thinks the republican party should expand its platform to include the three exceptions for rape, for incest and for the life and health of a mother. so that's definitely a shift in becoming a little bit more down the middle when it comes to things that are social, still republican, but down the middle. we've seen this a lot on the campaign trail. he can be kind of vague here and there in order to basically have his cake and eat it, too. he is -- his staff is promising that he's going to be more presidential and toned down, but he is claiming that he's not going to do that while he is actually becoming slightly more tone down. for those that want to believe that he's going to change his ways and act more presidential, they have that. and for those who want him to continue being the outrageous, blustery, anti-politician, they be

there us a big move to create new bathrooms for the transgender.ould be discriminatory in a certain way. it would be unbelievably expensive for businesses and for the country. leave it the way it is. >> donald agreed with hillary clinton and barack obama in attack be the state of north carolina for passing their bathroom ordinance. he thought that men should be able to go into the girls bathroom if they want to. let me ask you, have we gone stark-raving nuts? >> hit on that, ted cruz did, jim, a number of times today and had a couple of releases about it. p is the republican party changing on these issues? >> well, for one thing, saying that men, mieaning adult men, cn go into a girls bathroom is slightly overstating the issue. all the ordinance said was that the transgender people should use the bathroom that corresponds to their birth certificate. i can't imagine it working any other way. can you imagine the pta meetings in which someone suggested that transgender males, people who identify as males, go into the girls bathroom or vice versa? it i

. >>> a shouting match at a local high school over plans to protect rights of transgender students. >>> get ready for a wet weather commute. storm team 4 tracking wind and rain. "today in new york" starts now. good morning, everybody. tuesday morning as well. i'm darlene rodriguez. >> i'm michael gargiulo. chris has the day off. raffy, it's warm out. >> sure is. here's storm tracker with r foain off to north and west. do you want to grab the rain r ar as you're heading out the door. take a look at your day planner. 54 degrees in central park. lots of clouds. showers through the morning then they taper off just around lunchtime. sunshine returns, it will be a high temperature of 60 degrees. it will be breezy as well. coming up, we'll take a look at the full forecast including temperatures in the 70s. and the seven-day forecast. lauren scala is here with your morning commute. >>> good morning, everyone. let's tal about road mark on the saw mill. all lanes shut down between the 120 and marbleable. a e able let's head back to manhattan where there say steampipe leak. two lanes shut, 57th

they're decision coming on heels of nationwide debate of whether transgender to behal behalfing sexual birth. north carolina facing backlash for controversial legislation and hb 2. >> comedian tracy morgan pulling out of performance in mississippi over that state religious objections bill and allowed certain businesse deny services to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and set to take effect later this year. morgan was scheduled to perform next week. he says ticket holders to performance will be refunded. >> 6:07 now checking in with tucker barnes, good morning, tuck. >> good morning how are you feel. >> little bitter. >> yes. >> happy to be here. >> 52 now in washington. cooler overnight. notably cooler. yes. >> not yet. >> i didn't notice yet. >> you didn't. >> no. >> i have not spent much time out yet. >> i trust you. >> i trust you. >> thanks for asking. >> yes it's cooler outside, 43 dulles and bwi marshall and 45 degrees and cooler today than yesterday and 10 degrees or so low 70s for afternoon eyes and meantty sunshine and another beautiful spring afternoon. there's a

first up, victory for a transgender virginia teenager and federalal peels court over turned a policy prohibiting gave inbrim from using boys restroom at high school in gloucester county. he was born female. but identifies as male. the school board had ruled that students must use restrooms that correspond with biological gender and judge says that rule is discriminatory the ruling comes as state of north carolina face as i lawsuits khawvrpinging the law to have transgender students use bathrooms that correspond with what is on their birth sglert pepco customers you may soon have to pay more. pepco is asking for 10% rate hike in maryland. the from exelon which many thought would save customers money. final decision is made by the maryland public service commission later this year and finally polls are on? you can now submit your pick to name d.c.'s baby eagle. you can choose from stars and stripes and honoring glory and cherry and blossom. you have until april 24 to vote. >> i want a recount. >> yeah. i like honor and glory. >> that's probably the best of the bunch. >> i like cherry a

it was a very contentious debate and it also included transgender students. the new and improved policy will accommodate transgender students at pasqual hills and pasqual valley regional high to use the restrooms that a transgender student identifies with. restrooms and changing areas already provide for individual privacy and the students will have to show that this is indeed their core identity. some parents believe the issue was forced through and others were very happy about the vote. >> i don't think there's enough education to us, and as well as the people around to understand how to deal with this in the future. people from the community that were opposed to it, but glad to see the school is taking steps in the right direction. >> reporter: the school board made it a point to point out that there are always adult supervisors in locker room changing areas. board also says any non- transgender students who are uncomfortable with the new policy will be given the option to change in a more private location. reporting live in hillsdale, valerie castro, cbs2

when she went to hear some transgender men speak at a local church, wham.ng started to make sense. >> schuyler bailar: i was like, "holy crap, this is me. like, this has-- this is 100%, everything that they're saying, that's me." and i just melted down. i just started crying and sobbing. and my dad was picking me up because he was coming to visit me. >> stahl: that very day? >> schuyler bailar: yeah, and i walked out to him and i said-- and i was sobbing, i was like-- and he just hugged me. >> gregor bailar: he came out, you know, in tears-- ( crying ) >> schuyler bailar: and eventually he said, "d-- like, what's-- what's wrong, schuyler?" and i said, "dad, i think i'm transgender." >> stahl: so how did you handle it? >> gregor bailar: i hugged him. and he cried and cried. >> schuyler bailar: it just made me realize, like, i wanted that so badly but i knew how hard it was going to be. and i-- i was like, "what about swimming? what about my body? what about surgery? what about the money? what about people? what are we going to say? what about my grandparents

bruce springsteen anti-transgender law. >> need to hurt them economically.hey understand. hurt people economically to have them do the right thing morally. you know. that's the essence of a boycott. it's a shame it comes to that but this sort of thing is spreading like an evil around the country. >> what mr. vanzant is referring to is north carolina saying that local towns and counties cannot pass antidiscrimination. laws that the state must rule there. and that transgendered people can only use bathrooms that reflect their biological origin. so if you were born a man, you have to use the men's room. even if you change to being a woman unless you get your birth certificate changed. with us now, lis wiehl and eriner lick who is in for kimberly guilfoyle this morning. wiehl, do you think the federal government is going to come in? is there nig unconstitutional. >> the "new york times" is reporting that the obama administration is at least thinking about or threatening to withhold federal funding if these laws keep going and are not. >> punishing the state as b

meantime, transgender rights were the focus of a rally in raleigh, north carolina yesterday.rew hundreds of people from both sides of the so-called bathroom bill law. new law requires transgender people to use public rest rooms based on birth gender, not current identity. supporters used religious leaders. opponents said they plan to hold civil disobedience protests if the law is not repealed. >>> today is equal payday, the day that symbolizes how far into the new year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. president obama will designate a new national monument honoring women's equality today. the women's equality national monument will protect the iconic house that served as the headquarters for the national women's party since 1929. >>> police in washington, expect more arrests today. arrested 400ç protesters yesterday who marched to the nation's capital from philadelphia. thousands of people who walked the 140-mile distance over nine days began a week-long sit-in at the capitol yesterday. democracy spring is calling on congress to pass laws that cur

retail giant now says it is okay for transgender customers to use the facility of their choice. the decision comes in the wake of a recent law in north carolina that says they can only use bathrooms that match the gender on their birth certificates. >> i think it is great to change it because we have been discriminated too long. >> seeing they are a transgender female, that's a problem. >> target released a statement saying "we welcome transgender members and guests to use the bathroom or fitting room facility that c orresponds to their gender. >> and we have low-level moisture to be triggered to the system tomorrowmor. temperatures tomorrow that were 10 degrees cooler. and temperatures tomorrow will be in the mid-60s, a cool couple of days and not see 70s for a couple of days. snow in the mountains and we got showers showing up around the bay. light drizzle like what we saw in the oakland hills. and the current temperatures are mild. 60s as we head or head outside. you can see alto cumulous clouds. beautiful day out there right now. everything is green and this rain is coming t

. >>> ba big win for a transgende high school student in west virginia. to use the restroom of the choice that that student has made. so what does that mean for those so-called bathroom bills that have been passing in other states? we're going to sort it all out for you and tell you what it means next. >>> richard is quite the renaissance man. musician. wood worker. musician. >> i can literally turn them into 14urks bills. >> a neuroscientist by trade and is a professor at the univers y university. >> i am a passionate man in many ways. >> he thought he'd have to give up doing what he loves. >> it was devastating because i saw all of the beauty of magic and music being taken away from me. >> reporter: parnz disease is a progressive motor system disorder that can cause a gradual loss of movement and balance can deteriorate. treatments can slow the progression but as it stands now, there is no cure. richard refuses to let the disease stop him. the 70-year-old still plays piano several times a week. >> it improves my coordination pretty dramatically. everybo

there us a big move to create new bathrooms for the transgender.hat would be discriminatory in a certain way. it would be unbelievably expensive for businesses and for the country. leave it the way it is. >> donald agreed with hillary clinton and barack obama in attack be the state of north carolina for passing their bathroom ordinance. he thought that men should be able to go into the girls bathroom if they want to. let me ask you, have we gone stark-raving nuts? >> hit on that, ted cruz did, jim, a number of times today and had a couple of releases about it. p is the republican party changing on these issues? >> well, for one thing, saying that men, mieaning adult men, cn go into a girls bathroom is slightly overstating the issue. all the ordinance said was that the transgender people should use the bathroom that corresponds to their birth certificate. i can't imagine it working any other way. can you imagine the pta meetings in which someone suggested that transgender males, people who identify as males, go into the girls bathroom or vice versa?

h ott, we also spoke with a transgender woman who said the law as it remains tonight e lifies transgenderple and repealing it is the only option acceptable. >> pelley: david, thanks very much. storms are rolling again through texas. tonight, they are hoping it is not the hail they have been through already. here's omar villafranca. >> reporter: the hail looked acke torpedoes being shot into this backyard pool in wylie, texas. and in surrounding homes, balls of ice being blown by 70-mile- per-hour smashed through windows, leaving entire neighborhoods looking like this. tim tailor couldn't believe the damage to his home. ( sound in background ) >> that's more glass falling. >> reporter: cars in parking lots and driveways took a pounding, too. jaime doggett's new truck now needs a back window. te it was scary. it was definitely intense for a orile. ot reporter: baseball-sized hail forced stephanie malhiot to ride out the storm with her four kids inside this closet. >> normally for storms, we grab the helmets for the kids and we grab shoes for everyone, but we didn't have time to do that. s r

donald trump's comments yesterday about transgender bathroom policies, do you think that it will hurtmy home state indiana? >> i don't think so. because, look, at the end of the day it should be a state issue and that's what donald trump has said. the states should decide this and i think there's two things at play. here he said i have no problem with caitlyn jenner coming in and using the restroom in trump towers. most of us would be fine with that. there's another issue at play, we don't want men taking advantage of this and going into the women's restroom. donald trump was saying we haven't had those problems, let's leave it to the state. >> he didn't say it was a state issue. what he actually said was that he understands the business leaders complaining about what north carolina did because donald trump says he doesn't see a problem that north carolina was trying to solve right there. he actually took a stand on what north carolina says is a state issue. so the question is will that stand, that he thinks that transgender people should use whatever bathroom they're comfortable with

the law would require transgender people to use bathroom s that reflectses their sex at birth. >> itows people to go to the bathroom or locker room without having to worry or parents accosted. >> springsteen apologized but said it's the strongest way he can raise his voice. >>> and the city is feeling fallout in missouri, too. bryan adams canceled his concert there. the new law does allow religious groups and private businesses to refuse service to gay couples based on their religious pleefs. >>> and a ruling is expected on a transgendered teen's fight to use a boy's bathroom in the school. >> the determination is if it violents federal laws. >> peggy fox has more. >> reporter: transgender students here in fairfax county may have more righ places but even here there is no specific policy about bathrooms and locker rooms. each case is handled by the individual schools. >> it's been ups and downs. i've had threat of race and death. >> reporter: 19-year-old kadeen ortiz is a senior at the secondary school in fairfax county. >> we have a concert tomorrow. >> reporter: he was born a girl

the state law forces transgendered people to use the gender whentheir were born. democrats call the restrictions discriminatory against the transgender community. republicans are trying to block efforts to repeal it. word just -- this fate of the redskins trademark could be in the u.s. supreme court. the roentgens are challenging a decision by the federal government to cancel the trademark on the is offensive to native americans. other sports related item, this but we have seen not one two fathers catching fly balls baby.holding a check that out. one of them made a catch without a glove. they were celebrating that because it had a good -- ite, but, you know could have been ugly. that makes me nervous. wow.: we will be looking for you next week. the weather, kind of a ahead?eek steve: tomorrow will be the worst of the five days in terms of stronger thunderstorms late in the afternoon. helping prepare for the day, severe thunderstorm warning likely for some areas tomorrow, not widespread, but be on the lookout tomorrow afternoon at about 4:00 until wind gusts -- tor

transgender students may have more rights in fairfax county than other places. even here, there is no specific policy regarding bathrooms and locker rooms. each cases handled by the individual school. >> it's been up and down. i've had threats and have been decked before. >>reporter: a senior at robinson secondary school in fairfax county. >> i have jazz band this afternoon. >>reporter: he was born a girl but no he wanted to be a boy. >> at first, my ex-husband and i thought it may be was a phase. i told him i would accept him no matter what because i was his -- because he was my child. >>reporter: he had his breasts removed and takes test on her own -- takes testosterone. he was allowed to use the restroom. it expanded protections to transgender students and staff but there is no systemwide policy. >> what you do in the locker room? >> i had to use the female for two years and after jim was over, i was done and so happy. >> there needs to be conformity. >>reporter: they are watching a case of gavin grimm who sued the gloucester county school board for se boys b

transgender people danger. these anti-transgender bills in the state are rooted in fear and deeply misguide notions about who transgender people are. i speak today as a member of congress and as proud grandfather of a granddaughter who is transgender. these laws do not make us safer. these laws instill misguided fears. we must stand up to these laws and promote our values. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, the first full week of april since the 1930's america and the world get a peek at the world famous augusta national golf course for masters week. spectators gatt for the augusta, georgia, or join family and friends around a television to watch the world east most talented golfers compete for the highly coveted green jacket and for one

.>> target is taking a over what kind of bathroom transgender people can use. the retail giant released a statement saying transgender employees and customers can use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity. the decision comes on the heels of a national debate on whether transgender people should only be allowed to use public bathroom facilities matching their sex at birth.north carolina is currently facing backlash for its controversial legislation , hb two voided gay antidiscrimination laws in the state including those involving transgender academic accommodations. the company introduced a new smart chip credit card called quiktrip. it's just as fast as the old swipe. they say the quick chip is more secure than cars with strip assigned a unique code which makes it tough. scanners would copy. >> next time you're traveling they are redesign the package. they are still testing the options in the us and there is no changes planned for them this year. >> to let's talk about jetblue. i have to say pass on this one. they unv

like this guy. >> you're not targeting and being inclusive to transgender people by doing this. they make up .03% of the population. you are targeting perverts, pedophiles, people that are going to harm our children. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? >>> more than a million people signing a petition, online petition to boycott target ticked off over the company's new transjendser policy allowing people to use restroom of their choice. critics argue this is a predator's dream come true and a potential nightmare for its customers. let's start with you, what do you think, target, should they do this? a good business decision? >> eric, well, listen, they can make any decision they want. i think it's a bad business decision. this is not discrimination saying like blacks or jews or gays can't shop at target. there's a reasonable expectation in most stores that men use the men's room, and g

particularly against transgender people.ion's history of protecting religious liberty has been about protecting marginalized groups. protecting people of minority faiths against the majority who try to marginalize them. instead, we have a perversion of the notion of religious liberty to further marginalize people who are already vulnerable. there are absolutely no cases of transgender people trying to use these laws in order to commit assault or threaten people's safety in bathrooms. there are many cases of transgender people suffering bullying, and assault, and violence because they can't have a safe and comfortable bathroom to use. >> kristen? >> that's not true. there are multiple cases of those who may not be transgender but those men using these laws to gain access to women and children in restrooms. >> how are they using these laws? how are -- in a man goes into a restroom to assault somebody, that's against the law. that has nothing to do with prohibiting transgender people who just want a safe and comfortable place t

he's he's defending an offensive post at the transgender community. happy birthday to you >>> long live the queen, celebration for queen elizabeth's 90th birthday get started this morning. why the real party won't start for another few months. >>> good morning from studio 57 newsroom here in new york, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. shifted to the next round of primaries being held next tuesday in the northeast. today the republican national committee rules committee meets to discuss among other things a proposal that would restrict the possibility of nominating a candidate who has not been in the race to replace donald trump. hena daniel is here in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne anne -marie. this has potential to sink donald trump's campaign. that could be one of the reasons the campaign has brought in an rnc rules specialist. more as trump prepares for the possibility of a contested convention. after delivering a toned down victory speech in new york, donald trump returned to his outspoken rhetoric in maryland wed

." >> turning to the race for 2016 and transgender rights spark controversy on the campaign trail.trump and ted cruz are going head to head over north carolina's new bathroom law that forces transgendered people to use the bathroom of their birth gender. trump is accusing lawmakers of attacking a problem that pretty much didn't exist in the first place and now creating a new one. meanwhile, cruz is now accusing correct. >> the idea that grown men would be allowed alone in a bathroom with little girls, you don't need to be a behavioral psychologist to realize that bad things can happen. >> critics however say cruz is offensively assume all transgender men and women are child molesters. north carolina's so-called bathroom law prompted calls for an economic boycott of the state. >> on the democratic side, hillary clinton has a message for supporters of bernie sanders. support her if she gets the democratic nomination. during yesterday's town hall on "gma" she said she hopes his supporters will backler the way that her supporters backed obama back in 2008 after she with drew from the r